I got Volume 3 yesterday - it's cool to now have the complete series on DVD.
Anyway, I've seen the "Tales of Innocence" film so far and was very impressed. I have some comments and one question for those who have seen this on VHS (Spoilers below to those who haven't seen this yet):
* The first thing I noticed was the picture quality, which was stunning, just like the tele-films on the other two volumes. The picture is exponentially better than the TV broadcast and the VHS tape. Amazing - especially incredible were the scenes of the mountains in the Italian sequence.
* The Italian sequence was very amusing - it was nice to see something like this after the previous episodes depicting the horrors of war. This sequence did have a war element to it, of course, but the comedy was very strong. The scenes when Hemingway first advised Indy on what to do against his competitor for Guilliana's (sp?) affections was hilarious, especially when you knew he was the competitor!
One of the funniest lines in this episode was when Hemingway shushed up the other rowdy bar patrons when Indy was trying to write something to G., saying something like "Keep it down - this guy over here is trying to create!"
The scenes when Hemingway and Indy were competing against each other at Guilliana's house by trying to out-eat each other, out-play each other, etc. was hilarious - especially funny was when Hemingway's violin strings broke because he was playing so intently.
* It was nice to see a pre-TPM Pernilla August play the mother of Guilliana - yet another Indy/SW connection.
* The North Africa sequence with Edith Wharton was fantastic. Not only was the scenery great, but the story was good as well. The conversations they had about love not working out in many cases were very true, and felt very real.
* I had one question about this North Africa sequence for anyone who's seen the VHS tape of this tele-film: Back in the early 2000's, I did see this on VHS, but it's been over 6 years and my memory may be hazy - however, I seem to remember a scene when Indy was doing some investigating at the palace undercover and he was later confronted about this (possibly by the news reporter) - he didn't have a good explanation for his dissapearance, but Edith Wharton covered for him by falsely saying that he was with her, which would have been scandalous at the time considering she was so much older than him.
Was this scene on the VHS tape, or am I confusing this with something else? This scene was definitely not on the DVD, and I think I'm remembering this correctly. I don't know why Lucas would have cut this scene for the DVD release, since I thought the DVD releases were identical to the VHS releases of these tele-films.
Thanks in advance for any info. on this.